Every year Dalhousie University awards its Varma Prize to English students who compose original works of gothic fiction. The award is named in memory of Devendra Varma, former professor emeritus at Dal and a former honourary vice-president of the Vampire Research Society. For your horror this Halloween, the Midnight Society once again proudly presents, in order, […]
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How I learned to embrace the Halloween spirit
I celebrated my first Halloween at 22. And since this is now in print, I have to publicly apologize to my God-fearing parents. Sorry, mom and dad, but I am still a good boy. Growing up Baptist in Jamaica, Halloween wasn’t really a big deal. In fact, it was rebuked. As the end of October […]
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Diversity, inclusion and the Progressive Conservative Party
Gender bias is real. Health research highlights the risks associated with gender bias and the benefits of incorporating diversity to gain a broader, more informed approach to making decisions about public health. Health research has also revealed the limitations of using men to reflect the needs of the public, which supports a larger conversation about […]
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Letters to the editor, October 25, 2018
Tory mudslingers The late-stage mudslinging in the Nova Scotia PC Party leadership race makes one thing clear: While Julie Chaisson respectfully focuses on her campaign, three of her fellow candidates believe Tim Houston is way out in front. Cecil Clarke, John Lohr and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin left the final debate in Truro seemingly in agreement that […]
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Football and Canada’s duty to consult Indigenous nations
As problematic as football is, with the Washington R*****ns and the Kansas City Chiefs, the game holds a special place in my heart. For those of you who don’t know, my father is a residential school survivor and without getting into the nitty-gritty traumas of his experiences, it left him with a deficit when it […]
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Letters to the editor, October 18, 2018
Halifax vs Toronto Sorry, Andrew Murphy, but you need to get your facts straight (“Turn the ship around and come back to Nova Scotia,” Voice of the City, October 11). In your article, your claims around home ownership and affordability are off the mark. CMHC does not mandate a maximum of 30 percent of income […]
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Turn the ship around and come back to Nova Scotia
Last month in The Coast I read again, with dismay, another opinion piece that concluded that, while Halifax is certainly a pretty little city by the sea, it’s not the city of opportunity that Toronto is. While this negative type of opinion piece is fairly common, what was unusual was the statement that our Joseph […]
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Letters to the editor, October 11, 2018
Hailing Uber Welcome Uber and Lyft (“The inevitability of Uber,” cover story by Jacob Boon, October 4)! That’s right—run Bob’s Taxi out of business and put an end to the monopoly on the cab business in HRM. Sick of Bob’s rude dispatchers, drivers that show up hours late in the winter (if they show up […]
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Letters to the editor, October 4, 2018
Pests and Park Vic We read with interest your article about Park Victoria in The Coast today (“Tenants organize against Park Victoria’s pest problem,” The City story by Sandra C. Hannebohm, September 27). It is unfortunate that you were unable to get our comments prior to your article being published, as we are extremely active […]
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Ultrasound ‘policy’ one of Nova Scotia’s many failings on abortion access
An Atlantic Canadian province is once again in the news for failure to provide timely access to abortion for pregnant people. Despite the significant changes to abortion policy in Nova Scotia in the past year—the launch of a toll-free hotline for connection to Mifegymiso (medical abortion) prescribers across the province, the creation of a billing […]
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I’d like to tell you about my gang-bang
Most people keep their kinks, fetishes, and fantasies private. Understandably! It’s socially taboo to be loud and proud about one’s sexual appetite. If I fantasized about finding the perfect coconut cream pie I might visit different restaurants, write reviews or write a blog. I’d enlist the support of my peers asking if they’d ever had […]
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Letters to the editor, September 27, 2018
Hidden Africville Last week I visited Halifax for the first time, and true to what I had been told, the people are kind, warm and open to a good conversation. This was most true at the Africville Museum, which is perhaps the most impressive museum in Halifax. It is impressive because of the care and […]
